Jun 1, 2009

unexpected trip to london.rented great flatsecured ticket to chelsea flower show onlinewatched bbc hour long Chelsea segment every night on tvanxiety risinghow to see everythingnot taking advice of salesman in the V&Aarrive half early for showbuy programyikes!confused about where to go and what to do firstelbow my way to front of a garden - any gardentry to take in what's going on IN the garden, not around meoverwhelmedcrowdedpress forwarddo people think i am the ugly americanheard on tv, designer saying the "earth moved under his feet" upon seeing "x" garden by "x"the earth definitely did not moved under my feetit was all too perfecteverything blooming on cuesaw one of the designers with a watering canrelieveda bit of realityloved one garden by japanese designerthe modern rock garden.very simplegood play on traditional rock garden (see photo above of squares of sedum)

worriediam not in love

head to the tentdelphiniums reaching for the skydisplays of carrots looking arranged like monardaolive trees grown in Englanda tasting menu of tulipson verge of breakdown

what to dogo directly to the champagne bartwo overpriced glasses of bubbly laterfeeling relaxed.it's over.

preferredthe little street gardens,container plantings,wild garden in front of museum of garden historywindow boxes around the city.maybe not earth shattering, but definitely real.

I love this Phyllis. Your words ring so true. These thoughtful observations remind me that striving for perfection in art often leads to failure. My friend Emily likes to quote Cezanne.. "A work of art which did not begin in emotion, is not art". I agree with Cezanne, and I think this philosophy applies to gardens, (living art), as well.

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